Yan Li
is a painter and a poet. As a member of the group of artists known as The Stars, he first exhibited his works in 1979. And He exhibited first one man show in 1984 at people’s park in Shanghai, This is also the first one-man Avant garde art show after 1949 in China.  He belonged to the loose assortment of young poets active in China in the late 1970s to mid-1980s who are labelled "misty". Like many of his contemporaries, he began writing poetry and painting in oils during the Cultural Revolution. He has held many exhibitions and published numerous books。He is living in both Shanghai and New York now.

EXHIBITIONS
2007. Group show in White Canvas Gallery, Nanjing, China.
2006. Group show in Gallery 798, New York, USA.
2006. Group show in New Avant-garde Art Space, Beijing 798, China.
2005   One man show in Afrand Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2004   One man show with poetry reading in Violet books, Hong Kong.
2004   One man show in Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China.